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One thing you learn early on in training is holding onto a grip too long can end you up in a worse place than where you started. We’ve all been there in the early days of competition. We are convinced if we just hold onto that sleeve grip of our […]

There is an unfair standard in most societies where women are forced to choose between having a career and raising a family. But who says we have to give up one for the other. Can’t we have it all? Karen Antunes is here to say you can have it […]

When you ask someone what they enjoy doing for fun seldom will you hear them say “I love to learn about injury prevention and fixing the problem to an injury”. That is until you meet Jennifer Recinos. She knows firsthand the challenges and struggles of overcoming an injury. Recinos is a […]

When we think of a hub for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu a few rocks in the middle of the pacific are not the 1st place you think of. But if you have ever been to the Hawai’ian Islands you know that there is no other place in the world that has […]

So you’ve been doing local tournaments and you think you got it figured out? Guess again! Doing a small local tournament isn’t the same as when you step up and compete at your first IBJJF tournament. Let’s face it, there is not bigger tournament circuit out there! Forget everything you’ve […]

For many they woke up today to news that has brought us one step closer towards our fight for equality when it comes to women’s opportunities as competitors in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Effective today women now have the option to register in divisions Masters 1-7 for the 2018 Pan Jiu […]

Nowadays there are many women and girls who are well known in the jiu jitsu industry. Women compete, they own their own academies, they are sponsored, they teach classes, they make a living doing jiu jitsu, etc. If you study jiu jitsu, you will see plenty of women in the […]

Recently, my daughter and I had an unpleasant confrontation with a man at a restaurant. He was clearly agitated before we ever got there. But when he made aggressive movement toward my daughter, here’s what happened and why jiu jitsu is so important for women to train: My daughter is […]

While the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu community is undeniably diverse and broad-minded, we must also understand that, on an individual level, our culture, belief, and upbringing may be tested. We are but fragments of the human race schema. Celebration of our differences is not an attack against our own beliefs but […]

When I started jiu-jitsu, my goal was simply to be able to defend myself, but it quickly became much more. My journey begins with the purchase of my first home. I lived alone and thought it would be best to learn to defend myself. I signed up for self-defense classes […]